Category: Suburban News
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Untold stories of the ‘British Invasion’
Pete Bennett in a vintage photo with the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. For fans who weren’t around yet, or who want to revisit a definitive chapter in rock history, an insider’s look at the music scene during the heyday of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – with a tour guide who…
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Pack man
When it comes to moving, local business owner thinks beyond the box BY TAMMY MCKILLIP Correspondent BY TAMMY MCKILLIPCorrespondent TAMMY MCKILLIP Alan Lurie owns Boxes by the Bundle, a business that sells boxes and packing materials for moving. He also offers advice on how to keep valuables in one piece during the move. OLD BRIDGE…
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Town to go after bond for Birch Hill project
Bankrupt builder left Rt. 9 development largely unfinished BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Those involved in various aspects of Kara Homes’ bankruptcy proceedings are discovering that teamwork may prove the best way to solve the problems left behind by the developer. “We’re all in the same boat,” Mayor…
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Fundraisers
May 17 + Basketball Game Featuring the Harlem Wizards vs. St. Ambrose Faculty and Basketball Coaches, sponsored by St. Ambrose School PTA, Old Bridge, doors open at 6 p.m., in the gym at Carl Sandburg Middle School, Route 516, Old Bridge. Advance tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for students, senior citizens; available through St.…
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Feds come to the aid of local flood victims
Disaster Recovery Center being operated at Borough Park BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer JESSICA SMITH Jana Pennington of the Federal Emergency Management Association (left) is among the workers on hand at the mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Milltown. MILLTOWN – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has set up shop in…
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Public warned not to swim in the So. River
Drowning of man, 47, is third death in river since last July BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Rory Zach The South River has claimed its third drowning victim in the past year. Sebastiao Oliveira, 47, of South River, drowned in the river that separates the borough from Sayreville earlier this month.…
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Boro may add 56 acres to redevelopment
Mayor, biz owner question inclusion of private properties BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer “Until such time we have a developer … it makes no sense to include more property in the redevelopment zone, because we were not successful in attracting a developer of the 400 acres.” – Kennedy O’Brien Mayor Sayreville…
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Man stages winning battle against disease
Sayreville resident recognized for refusal to let sickle cell rule life BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Joe Tsogbe, of Sayreville, is pictured at the recent banquet sponsored by the Institute for Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders, New Brunswick. Tsogbe, who came to the United States from Togo, Africa, in 2003,…
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Housing, hotel, retail plans go back to board
Hearings on Alfieri’s Metropark South continue next week BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Developer Michael Alfieri is back before the Old Bridge Zoning Board of Adjustment, hoping to win approval for a 22-year-old plan that calls for housing, offices and a hotel. The board in February refused to grant Alfieri an…
